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"physics envy"

Please could you teach me the meaning of a srong case of "physics envy," in the following context:

“.......The use of leeches and snake venom have been found to have a value in certain situations-but are used with great insight and delicacy now than in the past. But around this period the profession as a whole developed a srong case of "physics envy," wanting to embody the precision and predicatability characteristic of that science."

Re: "physics envy"

Originally Posted by yuheci

Please could you teach me the meaning of a srong case of "physics envy," in the following context:

“.......The use of leeches and snake venom have been found to have a value in certain situations-but are used with great insight and delicacy now than in the past. But around this period the profession as a whole developed a srong case of "physics envy," wanting to embody the precision and predicatability characteristic of that science."

Thank you for your time and help.

Yu Heci

The answers to this initial post are by far satisfactory. I just would like to add the following:

It is a fact that among the 'classical sciences' (physics, biology, chemistry), physics has obtained the greatest success in the past few centuries - mainly regarding general theories, with high predictive skills, such as quantum field theory, general relativity, restricted relativity and even quantum mechanics and classical mechanics.

All these physical theories have in common a huge sense of beauty, a high degree of predictibility, and the use of advanced mathematical tools. Since Galileu introduced mathematics in physics, that science has experienced a undeniable enourmous progress.

It is completely understandable that not just biology and chemistry but also many many other fields of human knowledge suffer such "physics envy".

Of course I am not saying that physics is more important than any other science. The object of study of physics happens to be a little easier than others, so it is much easier to study 'matter and energy' for example, than a living being or the human brain relations.